Running mate to the more famous Queen Mary, the RMS Queen Elizabeth, launched in 1938, was the largest passenger ship in the world until she met her fiery demise in Victoria Harbor in 1972. Her career as a passenger liner was delayed when World War 2 broke out and a topsecret plot hatched by Winston Churchill saved her from Luftwaffe bombs. She was instrumental in carrying troops and supplies from North America to the war in Europe. After the war, along with the Queen Mary, she was a favorite for crossing the Atlantic, carrying over 2 million passengers over the course of her long and iconic career.

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Sources:
The Only Way to Cross John MaxtoneGraham: https://amzn.to/3lLVFjA
Picture History of the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth William H. Jr. Miller: https://amzn.to/3vWLSf9
http://www.liverpoolships.org/the_cun...
https://www.queenmary.com/

Music:
LEMMiNO Encounters
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John Abbot City Phases https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/5...
John Abbot The Washing Ladies https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/w...
dreem Glooming https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/C...
Gavin Luke What Once Was https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/V...

Image Credit:
RMMV Oceanic III by AntonLogvynenko https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:56 Transatlantic Rivalries
4:37 A Second Queen
8:13 War
10:13 Queens of the Atlantic
11:58 An Uncertain Future
14:45 Disaster
17:28 Legacy